05_Tack_copiaaaaa_85-112 28/04/15 12:35 Pagina 112 112 LAURA TACK After 2 Cor 4,1-6 introduced the idea of illumination of the heart, 2 Cor 4,16 additionally states that this transformation happens by means of a renewal of the inward person. 2 Cor 4,18 teaches us that the signs of this transformation can only be perceived by looking beyond the visible. Again, the metaphor of the mirror seems apt to describe the form of this inner transformation. According to this metaphor, one has, as it were, to look beyond the reflection in the mirror in order to discover the true source and nature of this divine glory. The idea of a transforming mirror-vision is thus entirely strange to 2 Corinthians 3–4. On account of the above mentioned arguments, we conclude that 2 Cor 3,18 does not say that Christians are gazing at a mirror. It de- scribes how all Christians, including Paul, reflect the divine glory on their faces as a result of their own inner transformation effected by the Spirit. Just as Christ reflected the glory of God on his coun- tenance, all Christians reflect this glory on theirs. KU Leuven Laura TACK St. Michielsstraat 4 bus 3101 B–3000 Leuven SUMMARY This contribution investigates the translation of the hapax legomenon katoptrizo,menoi in 2 Cor 3,18; in addition to philological and religion- historical arguments, in particular the article takes into account the broader literary context (2 Corinthians 3–4). The main theme of that con- text, embodied proclamation, turns out to be an important justification of the translation “to reflect as a mirror”. Especially the link between 2 Cor 3,18 and the whole of 2 Corinthians 4, which describes Paul’s somatic identification with and manifestation of Christ, results in understanding 2 Cor 3,18 as describing the unveiled face that reflects the divine glory as a mirror.